Kevin Friend

Ref Review: Craig Pawson keeps his cool at Manchester United and Kevin Friend enjoyed an easy afternoon between Stoke and Aston Villa

March 1, 2016

Alex Vryzakis rates the performances over the weekend which saw referees on top of their games with the calls… Pawson takes his time in Manchester Game: Manchester United [...]

Ref Review: Arsenal red missed by Kevin Friend, Tottenham triumph despite being denied clear penalty but Andre Marriner gets it spot on for Everton

February 9, 2016

Alex Vryzakis rates the performances of three Premier League referees in the weekend’s matches, which saw contrasting displays… Flamini gets help from Friend Bournemouth [...]

Ref Review: Manchester City get the benefit in smash n’ grab, reluctant Friend helps Arsenal to top and Mike Dean’s experience shows at Crystal Palace

December 15, 2015

Dangerous game for Madley Manchester City 2-1 Swansea Ref: Robert Madley Embed from Getty Images [...]

Ref Review – A mixed refereeing weekend as Friend and East weaknesses begin to show

December 1, 2015

Friend weak as Bournemouth salvage point at the death Game: Bournemouth 3-3 Everton Ref: Kevin Friend With each new Premier League weekend come new challenges, and, [...]

Ref Review: Pulis furious, Arsenal benefit and Chelsea feel hard done by…again

November 3, 2015

The games have all been played, the results are all in, and the players’ performances have been rated in every newspaper in the land. But what about the referees? Alex [...]

Ref Review: Mike Dean steals the limelight with an officiating horror show

September 22, 2015

Tom Bennett picks out the key talking points from the weekend’s refereeing performances in his latest column . . . Saturday was peak Mike Dean Chelsea v Arsenal Ref: Mike [...]

Ref Review: Kevin Friend survived Sam Allardyce, while Jonathan Moss fumbled at Anfield

May 19, 2015

By Tom Bennett. It’s that time of the week to have a rant about the latest batch of refereeing howlers or daft decisions, and highlight the odd right call, from the Premier [...]

Ref Review: Burnley see red at Moss, while Magpies mess up and big calls go Chelsea’s way

May 5, 2015

By Tom Bennett. It’s that time of the week to have a rant about the latest batch of refereeing howlers or daft decisions, and highlight the odd right call, from the Premier [...]

Ref Review – City’s Kompany lucky not to walk, while Sunderland and Newcastle are hard done by

April 14, 2015

By Liam Canning. It’s that time of the week to have a rant about the latest batch of refereeing howlers or daft decisions, and highlight the odd right call, from the [...]

Ref Review – Controversy at Chelsea, bad boy Barton and Harry Kane saves Tottenham, again

February 24, 2015

It’s that time of the week again to have a rant about the latest batch of poor refereeing decisions and the weekend games provided plenty of talking points. This [...]